The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery. Millon.
A circle; anything circular. His ponderous shield . . . Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon. Milton.
The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body.
To include in a circular space; to bound. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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